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Brazilian president: Trump is not ‘the emperor of the world’
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva urged President Trump to negotiate a trade agreement this week as the U.S. has pursued increasingly aggressive action over the criminal prosecution of ...
Trump Pledges 50% Tariffs Against Brazil, Citing ‘Witch Hunt’ Against Bolsonaro
Tensions between the United States and Brazil have suddenly burst open. Brazil’s president promised to reciprocate against ...
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Trump's Brazil tariffs are 'grotesquely illegal,' says Nobel Prize-winning economist
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman believes tariffs President Trump has threatened to impose on countries, including ...
Brazil police raid ex-President Bolsonaro’s home, fit ankle tag amid flight risk concern
Police in Brazil swooped on the home and political headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro early Friday, searching the properties, ...
Targeting Brazil, Trump Tests Legal Limit of His Tariff Powers
The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro given ankle monitor for alleged coup attempt
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered by his country's supreme court to wear an ankle monitor. He has been lobbying Donald Trump for help.